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Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
UPDATE: California Senate Bill 206 Moves Closer To Becoming Law
California Senate Bill 206, formerly known as The Fair Pay To Play Act, which would allow college student-athletes within the state to profit from the use of their name, image…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Adds, Then Modifies, Certification Requirements for Agents
In 2018, in response to a federal investigation into alleged corruption, the NCAA established the Commission on College Basketball to fully examine critical aspects of Division I men’s basketball. Among…
Sports Agent Blog
The Ambiguous World of Advising in Amateur Sports
By Jason Morrin
An amateur athlete, by definition, is an athlete who meets the eligibility standards established by the national governing body for the sport in which the athlete competes. Most amateur athletes…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Run [Black Athlete] Run! California Moves Forward with Bill Allowing Student Athletes to Exploit Their Own NIL; NCAA Implies Boycott
In the late John Singleton's classic Movie, "Higher Learning," one of Ice Cube's finest acting performance, Cube portrays an angry black student at a predominantly white university. Part of his…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
UPDATE: NCAA Flexes Its Muscle in Response to California Fair Pay To Play Act
NCAA President Mark Emmert has predicted that it would become “impossible” for the NCAA to consider California colleges eligible to participate in national championship competitions should California pass the Fair…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
UPDATE: California SB 206 – Collegiate Athletics: Fair Pay to Play Act Moves Forward
The Fair Pay to Play Act, introduced by California State Senate Majority Whip Nancy Skinner, has passed an initial hurdle toward becoming law as the California State Senate passed the…
Faruki Blog
Rick Pitino’s Lawsuit Against Louisville Could Set New Precedent on Contract Law
On November 30, 2017, Rick Pitino filed a lawsuit against the University of Louisville Athletic Association (the “ULAA”). Pitino filed the lawsuit in response to the ULAA’s termination of its…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Considers Restrictions To Curtail Use Of Graduate Student Transfers
By Gregg E. Clifton, John G. Long
While the focus of the recent Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship Game between University of Virginia and Texas Tech centered around the entertaining overtime finish culminating in Virginia’s first ever basketball championship,…
The Right Coast
Machine Learning for March Madness Is a Competition In Itself | WIRED
This year, 47 million Americans will spend an estimated $8.5 billion betting on the outcome of the NCAA basketball championships, a cultural ritual appropriately known as March Madness. Before the…
Above the Fold
Trademarking Basketball
By Paul Fling
With the 2019 NCAA Men’s and Women's College Basketball Tournaments in full swing, most people probably aren't thinking “hmm, I wonder if the NCAA owns any trademarks related to the…